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(No Mode.) v IL. EHRLICHTv PAPER GUTTER. i No. 393,632. A Patented Nov. 27, 1888.

To all whom, it may concern;

III is a detail section taken on line III III,

` full., clear, and exact description, reference y being had to the accompanying drawings, forxn aNITPD STATES PATENT Prien.

LEO EHRLICH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR 'IO THE AMERICAN ROLL PAPER COMPANY,

OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,632, dated November 2'7| 1888.

Application filed June 12, ISES.

Be itknown that I, LEO EHRLICH, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Paper-Cutters, of which the following is a ing part of this specification, and in which- Figure I is a front elevation of my improved paper-cutter. Fig. II is `an end view. Fig.

Fig. II. Fig. IV is a detail section taken on line IV IV, Fig. I. Fig. V illustratesaslight modification.

My invention relates to certain improve- Inents in machines for holding and cutting wrapping-paper; and my invention consists in features of novelty, hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, l represents a suitable base, and 2 standards or end pieces secured to the base and which are notched at their uppcrends to receive the gudgeons or arbors 3 of the roll of paper 4. The standards are perforated or provided with sockets, through which rods 5 pass, preferably in an inclined direction, as shown in Figs. I and III. Between the standards and nuts 6, on the lower ends of the rods, I locate springs 7, one on each side of the machine.

S represents the knife secured, preferably,in a horizontal position, to the upper ends of the rods 5, and 9 represents a roller beneath the knife, and which is also secured to the upper ends of the rods 5. The preferred manner of connecting the knifeand roller to the rods is illustrated in Fig. III, the knife having a down turned portion, 10, at each end, through which the journal 11 passes, the journal likewise extending through the rods. Thelower ends, 10, of the knife bear against shoulders 12 on the rods, thus preventing the knife from turning with the roller. The edge of the paper is passed between the roller and knife, and is cut by moving it upward against the edge of the knife, as shown in Fig. I. The edge 13 of the knife preferably extends some distance beyond the roller 9, as shown in Figs. II and IV, and the knife being in a horizontal position Serial No. 276,801. (No model.)I

an easy means is afforded for grasping the edge 5o of the paper by the fingers when another piece 'of paper is wanted. The action of the springs 7 is to keep the roller 9 against the roll of paper, as will be plainly seen.

In Fig. V is shown a slight modification, where the sockets in the standards are made vertical and the inner ends of the rods 5 are provided with heads 15, between which and caps I6, on the upper ends of the standards, the spring 7 bears. In this forni of theinven- 6c tion the roller 9 is on top of the roll of paper instead of on the side of it, as shown in Figs.

I and II.

In some instances the roller 9 might be dispensed with, and the gudgeons of the rods and springs will, of course, hold the knife against the roll of paper in the same way as they hold the roll.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a paper-cutter, the combination of a 7o support having sockets, the paper roll, rods fitting in the sockets ofthe support, knife secured to the rods, and springs for moving the knife toward the center of the roll, substantiall y as described.

2. In a paper-cutter, the combination of a roll of paper, standards for supporting the roll having sockets, sliding rods fitting in the sockets of the standards, knife secured to the outer ends of the rods, and springs for moving the 8o knife toward the center of the roll of paper, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a paper-cutter, the combination of the roll of paper, standards supporting the roll having sockets, sliding rods fitting in the sockets of the standards, a roller and a knife secured to the outer ends of the rods, and springs for moving the roller and knife toward the center of the roll of paper, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a paper-eutter, the combination of the roll of paper, standards supporting the roll having sockets, sliding rods fitting in the sockets of the standards, roller secured to the upper ends of the rods, knife secured to the up- 95 per ends of the rods in a horizontal position over the roller and projecting beyond the roller, and springs for moving the roller and knife toward the center of the roll of paper, substantially as and for the purpose seb fori/h.

5. In n paper-cutter, the combination of the roll of paper, standards secured to the roll, rods passing through sockets or perforations in the standards, nuts on the lower ends of the rods, springs located hetween the nuts und standards, and :L knife and roller secured to the upper ends o!" the rods, substantially as and for the purpose seb forth.

ln presence of- EDWD. S. KNIGHT, Jos. W'Anmc. 

